Weather shield of motor vehicles



March 17, 1925.

H. W. TURNER- WEATHER SHIELD OF MOTOR VEHICLES Filed Oct. '22, 192:5

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Patented Mar. 17,1925.

UNITED STATES 1,529,969 PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT WILLIAMTURNER, or AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND.

WEATHER SHIELD O'F MOTOR VEHICLES.

Application filed October 22, 1923. Serial No. 669,919.

. ing is provided with a framed glass panel fitted therein and madecapable of opening more or less'by being hinged to open forwards at itsbottom edge. Such framed panel generally combines with a fixed glasspane arranged in the main framing beneath it, so that its surface iscapable of being-dis posed in the same plane therewith, when the hingedpanel is closed, and when opened by being swung forwardly, provides aventilat ing opening between their edges, while acting still as a rainshield, in the manner well known.

The invention has been devised with the object of providing improvedmeans whereby the said panel frame may be mounted in the main framing sothat it may swing both in and out and may be firmly locked at any pointwithin the range of hinging movement provided for.

These means are illustrated in the acc0mpanying drawings in which-Figure 1 is a general front elevation of the whole screen showing thepanel fitted therein.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is an enlarged inner face elevation of the means used formounting each end of the panel in the main framing.

Figure at is an outer face view thereof.

Figure 5 is an inside elevation of one end of the panel, on the samescale as in Figs. 3 and 4t.

Figure 6 is a still further enlarged-sectional view of the locking partsof the mounting means, the section being taken on the line 66 of Figure3.

A represents the ordinary form of main framing having an openingtherein, in the lower part of which the fixed glass panel B is arranged.C is the hinged panel made in the general manner by a wooden frameextending up both ends and along the top of the glass pane, and whichpanel is fitted into the opening in the main frame so that it covers theupper portion thereof.

The means devised for mounting the panel C in the frame A and which formthe subject of this invention are duplicated at both ends of the panel.At each end, they comprise a flat metal strip D that is secured alongthe inside edge of the top portion of the opening in such frame, bymeans of screws. passing through screw holes in the strip formed forthat purpose. The top end of this strip is shaped with a segmentalextensionE that projects rearwards from the back of the frame A.Combined with this strip is a second strip F of similar design" that issecured along the adjacent edge of the panel frame and which strip isalso formed with a segmental plate extension G projecting rearwards.These extensions lie face to face and are fastened together by means ofthe pivot pin H extending through them at their centres.

The pivot pins H at both ends therefore provide the hinges upon whichthe panel may swing in or out. They are so disposed that the panel, whenswung in, will form a uniform plane with the main frame and the fixedglass panel B, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. r

The segmental plate G, as the panel C is moved, slides over the plate E,and means are provided whereby the two may be locked together at anydesired degree of opening of the panel, or when the panel is closed, sothat the panel will be held firmly in the desired position.

Suitable locking means are shown in Figures 3, 5 and 6. They consist ina spring arm J that is fixed to radiate from the central pivot H acrossthe face of the plate G and to extend beyond the edge thereof. This armhas a normal spring away from the surface of this plate. Its end is thenconnected to the fixed plate E by means of a bolt K passing through aboss E on such plate edge and loosely through the said arm. A thumb nutK is screwed on to the end ofthe bolt to engage the arm so that byscrewing in the nut, the arm may be pressed in against its spring andmade to engage the face of the plate G. The arm J on its inside, isformed with a small knob j and the surface of the plate G is formed witha number of depressions 9 arranged at intervals apart in a lineconcentric to the pivot -in the arm J.

Other designs of locking means may beand coincident with the position ofthe knob The knob j is therefore adapted to be employed if so desired,as the formation and the relative arrangement of the plates E and G,lend themselves to a number of different appliances adapted to this pur-Jose. p If desired, and in order to provide a wide bearing surface forthe hinge joint between the'two'strips l) and F, the said jointmay beforme'd'as shown in Figure 6, by constructing-the strip D with acircular recess D into which a boss F on the adjacent face of the stripF fits, the pivot pin H'then passing through both. 1

In wind shield mountingmeans, the combination with the main frame,

\Vhen the nut K is unscrewed,

the plate moving and the hinged panel secured along opening andlargement, a

extend along-itl'ie hinged p'an'el on its adj acent side edge andlikewise formed with a segmental enlargement face to face with the saidother segmental enlargement, a pivot pin extendingtransversely throughthe centers of both said enlargements, and locking means for the saidenlargementscomprising a springarm extending radi'allyffrom the saidpivot. pin across the segmental enlargement 'secured'to theframeopening, the said spring arm normally sprung away from saidenlargement, a bolt passing transversely through the edgeof saidenlargement and through the end of the saidspring arm, a thumb nutscrewedon-'theouter end of said bolt toengage the said arm, the'latterbeing formed with a kiiob'oii its'in'ner face adapt ed to enterdepressions formed concentrically upon theadjace'i'it faceof theenlargement secured to the said hinged panel.

In testimony whereof, I affix my "signa" ture.

HERBERT v\VILLIAM TURNER. lVitne'sses DAVI BROWN HULTON, 1. WV. MfoGorQ

